Mop



Fat-stated Jan. 1, 192A.

UETE

HERBERT M. STURGIS, or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, assrenoa or ew-mm ONE-HUNDREIDTHS, T0 FRANK HAMILTON, or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

MOP.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, HERBERT M. STU'RGIS, a citizen'of the United"States, residing at- Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMops; anddo declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and' use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification. I

This invention relates to mops and particularly to a novel means forfastening the mop head tothe stick, the mop'head and mop stickconnection being soconstructed that the mophead may be held firmly inoperative connection with the stick so that liability of its accidentaldisengagement therewith will be prevented.

It is also an important feature of theinvention that means is providedfor conveniently attaching and detaching the mop head from the mopheadstick, the detachment being desirable when it is necessary to introducea new mop cloth or fabric to the head as a replacement.

Means is also provided whereby liability of the mop head having relativemovement with respect to the mop stick when the connection has beenestablished will be elimi nated and the invention consists in certainnovel details of construction and combinations of parts, all of whichwill be referred tohereinafter, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Fig.1 is an elevational view. of a mop stick and headconnected together.

Fig. 2 is a disassociated view of the mop stick connection and the head.part of the connection being shown in section-to better illustrate theinterior thereofb- Y F ig; 3 is a vertical, longitudinal, sectional viewthrough the mop stick connection and head assembled.

Fig. 4 is a vertical, longitudinal, sectional view through the mop stickengaging ferrule, the socket member'and the collar, and

Fig. 5 is a detail socket member. is 7 Referring now to the drawings'bynumerals of'reference: 1

1 designates the mop stick onthe end of which is a sleeve or'ferrule 2,having'an inbent, circumferential flange 3, spaced slightly from the end4 of the mopstick to provide a space within whichis receivedthe'out-turned, circumferential flange 5 of the socket member. Thesocket member is first constructed as shown in Fig. 5. The flange'5 isjconcentriowith the axial center of the socket and it is" offset toprovide a shoulder 6, adapted to bearagainst the outer face ofrtheflange 3, the flangej5' being perspective view of the c turned outwardlyby a'suitable die so that it i a will, in'eifect, rivet itself betweenthefiange V3 andthe end 4 of the mop stick, as shown;

inFig, 3. p 7

There is another offset portion or shoulder 7 on the socket member,which is'spaced from the shoulder 6 by a tubular webfl8' so as to formaspace betweenthe outer face of the flange 5 and the shoulder; 7 toreceive, the lnturned fiange9 of arotatable collarlO, which has,turning-movement with respect to the socket member but which is held 7against longitudinal movement therewith.

The collar 10 has threads 11 to receive the threaded portionof the mophead to be later described. v 1

The "outer end of the socket member is provided with two longitudinallyextending fingers 12 and 13, which are offset inwardly with respect tothe end of the socket memher to be received in holes 14;; and 15. in themop head when the screw threaded portion 16 of the head is received byvthe collar. The

engagement of the fingers'12 and 13 p're-' vents rotative movementofithe head with respect. tothe mop stick. The'holes 14 and 15 arediametrically opposite and are equidistantly spaced with respect to theholes 17 in assembling it will be immaterial in which set of holes 14and 15 or 1'? and 18 the ends of the staple are received because byarranging the four holes, as shown, irrespective of which holes receivethe ends of the staple, there will be two properly spaced holes toreceive the fingers 12 and of the socket member. Therefore, theapplication of the staple will be simplified, it being understood, ofcourse, that when the staple is introduced through the holes, the endsare bent'over to lie tightly against the disk 22. The head, as will beapparent, resembles a threaded thimble with a flaredbpen end to receivethe mop cloth.

I The collar 10 is preferably knurled as lat 23 so that it may be easilyrotated. It will be noted that the socket member is in the form of astepped, truncated cone to provide the necessary shoulders andclearances and that the lingers 12 and 13 are offsetinwardly so thatthey'mayrea-dily enter the openings 1-1 and 15 to retain the headagainst rotation.

In assembling the'parts, the socket and ferrule are placed upon themopstick, the flange 15 being peened OVlliGlT bent over to constitute ahollow, rigidhead so that the ferrule and socket member will be fastenedtogether. Therefore, when the ferrule is fastened tothe mop stick,therewill be 1 tight connection.

Prior to placing the socket member in cooperative relation with theferrule, the collar is placed over the small end of the socket so thatits inturned flange 9 will rest upon the shoulder 7 'and si-nce theouter face of the flange 3 of the ferrule rests upon the shoulder 6,there will be a space between the flange and shoulder 7 so that thecollar may freely rotate about the socket. The mop cloth is secured tothe head by passing a staple about the threads of the mop cloth andintroducing the ends through the holes 17 and 18 and bending over theends, as shown in Fig. 2. The head may then be secured to the stick byintroducing the head into the collar so that the holes 14 and 15 are inline with the finger-s12 and 18; The fingers 12 and 13 are long enoughto -engage the holes before the threads are encountered. Then the collaris turned so that the screw threads will draw the head longitudinallyinto engagement with the socket member, the ends 24 and. '25 of thestaple being received within the socket member, as shown in Fig. 3.Themop head is now secured to the stick so that it will be impossiblefor it to he accidentally disengaged therefrom, it being necessary toreverse the turning movement of the collar in order to take out the headbut this can be easily ac-' complished for the purpose of renewals, etc.

It will be seen that the device for connectravages ing the mop cloth tothe stick may be easily manufactured and may be easily operated when theparts are assembled as illustrated- What I claimand desire to secure byLetters-Patent is:

1. In combination, a mop stick, a socket member on one end of the mopstick having 5 fingers projecting therefrom, a threaded col- 'lar on thesocket member, and a threaded mop head receivable within. the, threadedfingers project.

collar and having openings into which the 2. In combination, a mopstick, a socket i member on one end of the mop stick having aconstricted olfset porton forming an annular shoulder, spaced from-theend of the .stick having "fingersprojecting therefrom, a threaded collarbeyond the outer end of the socket member and having a flangeoverlapping the shoulder, a mop head in threaded connection with thecollar and having openings into which the fingers proend of themopstick, longitudinal fi-nrgers integral with the socket member, and athreaded collar rotatably supported by the socket member, in combinationwith a mop head having socket finger-receiving openings and providedwith threads to engage similar threads in the collar.

4:. A mop stick, a ferrule on one end thereof having an inbent flange, a'socket member having atone end an outbent flange between the flange ofthe ferrule and" the end of the mop stick, longitudinal fingers integralwith the socket member, and a. threaded collar rotatably supported bythe socket member, in combination with a mop.

head having socketfinger-receiving openings and provided with threadstoenga'ge similar-threads in the collar, and a mop-.7

securing staple on the head having a vpart receivable within the socket.

'5. A mop stick, a ferrule on one thereof, a socketme'mber rivetedto the.fer-

rule and comprising a stepped conev having shoulders, a rotatable collarinterposed between one of the shoulders and the end'of the ferrule andsurrounding the socket member with the collar extending beyond end,

the end of the socket member, mop head engaging means carried by thesocket member, a mop head having threads engageable by threads of thecollar and havinga part to be engaged by theengaging means of the socketmember whereby the head will be held against turning, and meansforsesuring the mop cloth to the head.

tending through Opposite holes and bent over the end of the thimble, theremaining holes being spaced to receivethe fingers on the socket member,the collar being engageable with the threaded head to draw it toward thesocket member.

In testimony whereof I aflix'my signature. 15

HERBERT M. STURGIS.

